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Approval of location for Glenwood
Springs Rural Fire Protection
District fire substation.
A tract of land located in the NW
1/4, Section 10, T7S, R89W; more
practically described as a tract of
land located at the intersection of
County Road 117 (FourMile Road)
and 125 (Dry Park
approximately three (3) miles south
of Glenwood Springs.
I. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSAL
The Glenwood Springs Rural Fire Protection District is proposing to
locate a fire substation in the Four Mile road area. The site is in
the southeast corner of the intersection of County Roads 117 and 125,
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Phase I - 1024 sq. ft., mini -truck garage facility -
mini -trucks being a small pumper and ambulance.
Phase II - 1024 sq. ft. mini -truck garage.
Phase III - Meeting room, dispatch center - approximately
910 sq. ft.
Phase IV - Large truck garage - 1280 sq. ft.
Phase V - Sleeping quarters, recreation area - approximately
2800 sq. ft.
At this time, only the Phase I (mini -truck garage) is proposed to be
built. The remaining phases would be built, as the need arises, for
more fire protection in the area.
II. MAJOR ISSUES AND CONCERNS
A. Zoning - An application is being made for a Conditional Use
permit for a "community building". C.R.S. 30-28-110 (1)(a)
requires the County Planning Commission to approve the "proposed
location and extent thereof" of any new public building in the
County.
B. Staff Comments - The only real issue of any concern is the access
point onto County Road 117. The proposed access is just below
"Deadman's curve" and provides limited site distance for vehicles
coming around the corner. The District board is aware of the
potential problem and has proposed to put an automatic signal
with a flashing red light to alert people coming down the canyon.
If electricity is not available, the procedures of the department
would require placement of a person at a point that the traffic
can be stopped until the trucks are on the road.
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RECOMMENDATION
APPROVAL of the proposed fire substation with the recommendation that the
District either provide warning signals or establish procedures to insure
that vehicles traveling down County Road 117 are alerted to the fact that
emergency vehicles are accessing onto the road.
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